Tag: staff
Suresite unveils c-store risk assessments
Forecourt health & safety specialist Suresite Group has launched a risk assessment service for convenience stores. Neil Simms,...
Retail employment falls for 13th consecutive quarter
The latest British Retail Council Employment Quarterly Report reveals that total retail employment has fallen for 13th consecutive...
Tech offers solutions to keep workers safe
With the latest SGF and ACS crime reports highlighting the growing problem of abuse of shopworkers, a number...
Immigration threshold threatens local retailing community
The UK Government’s £30,000 immigration threshold could seriously destabilise the Scottish local retailing community. by J.S. von Dacre...
Transport and logistics sector Sends For Help to protect staff
There has been a sharp rise in the number of firms in the transport and logistics sector using...
New GroceryAid partnership provides innovative wellbeing support
GroceryAid has expanded its mental health support offering by creating a new partnership with Rightsteps. A new evidence-based...
New minimum wage rates start soon
New National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) rates come into effect from 1 April 2019....
Absenteeism ‘corrosive to employee engagement’
Staff that fail to turn up for work has long been a serious problem in local retailing, but...
Over six in 10 retail workers ‘feel lonely’
Over six in 10 people (63%) working in the retail and wholesale sectors feel always, often or sometimes...
Half of shoppers ‘better connected than staff serving them’
As technology plays an ever more central role to the lives of shoppers a new study suggests retailers...